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The Lighter Side of TEFL: a Teacher's Resource Book of Fun Activities for Students of English As a Foreign Language DOCUMENT RESUME ED 419 399 FL 025 241 AUTHOR Kral, Thomas, Ed. TITLE The Lighter Side of TEFL: A Teacher's Resource Book of Fun Activities for Students of English as a Foreign Language. INSTITUTION United States Information Agency, Washington, DC. English Language Programs Div. PUB DATE 1994-04-00 NOTE 143p. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Class Activities; *English (Second Language); *Figurative Language; *Folk Culture; *Games; *Humor; Idioms; Instructional Materials; Language Skills; Poetry; Puzzles; Second Language Instruction; Short Stories; Skill Development IDENTIFIERS Jokes; Limericks; Riddles ABSTRACT The guide provides teachers of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) with classroom instructional activities that reinforce vocabulary or teach specific language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) while demonstrating that communicating in English can be fun. The activities are brief and self-contained, and an audiotape cassette (not included) is designed for use with the last four sections of the book. Each section focuses on a different type of activity: word games; crossword puzzles; idioms; limericks; jokes and riddles; puzzle stories; shaggy dog stories; and folk wisdom. An answer key is also included.(MSE) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** Lif L U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION y Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 1:1 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. BEST COPY AVAILABLE yfiel.----- 0 II I A Teacher's Resource Book of Fun Activities for Students of English as a Foreign Language Edited by Thomas Kral The Lighter Side of TEFL Published by the Materials Development and Review Branch English Language Programs Division United States Information Agency Washington, D.C. 20547 First published April 1994 Editor: Thomas Kral Layout and Design: Cynthia Malecki Cover Art: Guy Schum g:. 4 Dedicated to Anne Covell Newton "A little of this and a little of that (A balanced mixture of lean and fat) Adds spice to the pudding; it cannot hurt, And it brings to the reader his just dessert. "* From the first Lighter Side Page published in the English Teaching Forum, January 1976 The Lighter Side of TEFL is a collection of activities taken from the English Teaching Forum 1976 to the present. They have been regrouped and arranged into new categories to facilitate teacher use. As the title of the text implies, The Lighter Side of TEFL exposes students to humor- ous aspects of American English to create a cheerful classroom atmosphere and a positive orientation to the language. Many of the activities reinforce vocabulary or give students practice in listening, thinking, speaking and writing, but the underly- ing goal of all activities is to produce a smile and an awareness that communicating in English has a lighter side and a potential for fun. The activities are short and self-contained, and they may be good for starting off or ending a class hour. Because humor is something to be shared, the activities should be done in pairs or small groups and then discussed with the class as a whole. An answer key to the exercises is found at the end of the book. The book is a handbook for teachers. They may choose to reproduce individual pages for occasional use in their classes or as group homework assignments. The book is not meant as a textbook for EFL students to be completed from cover to cover during a term of study. The accompanying cassette is to be used with the last four sections of the book that are dedicated to listening comprehension activities and discussion. Collectively, the recorded sections provide learners with a variety of different speakers representing a cross section of American dialects. As editor, my task has been to select, classify and contextualize the different activities that appeared in the English Teaching Forum over the last seventeen years. For the most part, the puzzles and games were created by Anne Covell Newton who edited the magazine and to whom this book is dedicated. Anne has consistently been an advocate of bringing humor and wit into the classroom. We both hope this text will lighten up the EFL learning process and heighten the joy of both teaching and learn- ing the language. Thomas Kral section I word games Cn,gMI) I 1 2 3 4 S 6 s-ction 2 8 9 crossword puzzles 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 2 22 23 section 3 idioms O 3section 4 limericks ca ANWAMORWZMN .;;WAWA&04t40..m*A41,40'-.. / WHY Dm A MOTHER KANGAROO section 5 HATE RAIN? BECAUSE ME/4, CHILDREN / jokes and riddles HAVE To PLAY INSIDE. / //,/ 4.1//4//// 103section 6 puzzle stories 1A11111111111110101111111111111111110 111;110101W III 1111011111 1111iltmolilr 109section 7 shaggy dog stories 119section 8 folk wisdom MiaMfaltrk)lrirs' LIU WIMPRITUNkLP LIMMI WAWA/ 1 25answer key section 1 Vocabulary can be reinforced by using a variety of game formats. Focus may be placed upon word building, spelling, meaning, sound/symbol correspon- dences, and words inferred from sentence context. TEACHING TECHNIQUES. The full communicative potential of these games can be real- ized through good spirited team competition. Working in pairs or in small groups, students try to be the first to correctly complete a task. These games can be used at the end of a lesson or before introducing new material as a "change of pace" activity. Teachers should allow sufficient time for class discussion after the game has been completed. 2 __letterdower Addaletter A. From each word below, make two new words by adding a letter (1) at the end; (2) at the beginning. 1. go 4. hear go hear 2. oil 5.hat _oil hat 3. arm 6.not arm not B. Form new words as in A (above). In addition, form a third word by adding a letter at the beginning and the end of the word. 1. ever 7. at ever at ever at 2. car 8. he car he car _he_ 3. eight 9. an eight an eight an 4. in 10. all in all _in_ all 5. on 11. ear on ear _on_ _ear__ 6. pin 12. can pin can pin _can_ 10 Change the first letter Make one word into another by changing the first letter. EXAMPLE: Change a possessive pronoun to not sweet. ANSWER: your, sour 1.Change a past tense of BE to an adverb of place. 2.Change an adjective meaning not high to an adverb meaning at the present time. 3.Change a period of time to a term of affection. 4.Change was seated to have a meal. 5.Change a part of the head to international strife. 6.Change a respectful title to atmosphere. 7.Change to learn thoroughly to not as slow. 8.Change very warm to a negative adverb. 9.Change a motor vehicle to not near. 10.Change a man's title to a female relative. 11 4 A T-party Put T before a word to form a new word. EXAMPLE: Add a T to a firearm and get a thing of little value. ANSWER: rifle, trifle 1.Add T to at this place, and get at that place. 2.Add T to a covering for the head, and get a demonstrative adjective. 3.Add T to tear, and get a journey. 4.Add T to a possessive pronoun, and get a demonstrative adjective. 5. Add T to a part of the head, and get to pull apart. 6.Add T to of great age, and get narrated. 7.Add T to a mistake, and get great fear. 8.Add T to the entire amount, and get of great height. 9.Add T to a shower from the sky, and get to teach. 10.Add T to a kind of vase, and get to rotate. Change a letter Each picture illustrates a common word. Change one letter of each word to produce the name of an animal. EXAMPLE: ax ox 1 3 6 r 7 1 r Z2. 12 Change the last letter Make one word into another by changing the last letter. EXAMPLE: Change a color to a welcome. ANSWER: green, greet 1. Change a monarch to an adjective describing a good quality. 2.Change a negative to the present time. 3.Change a female horse to a stain or blemish. 4.Change alarm or worry to a notable achievement. 5.Change a reading process to a short dramatic act. 6.Change a person who lacks good judgment to something to eat. 7.Change a unit of weight to a color. 8.Change a part of a plant to a hole or a crack. 9.Change the top or summit of a mountain to a fruit. 10. Change a woman servant to what is delivered by the postal service. 13 hidden Words Animals in hiding Find the animals hiding in the following sentences. EXAMPLE Close the door at once! (rat) 1.That will be a real help. %.\ 2.She came late every day. 3.He came to America today. 4.Eric owes me ten cents. 5. We made errors in each one. 6.Do good workers succeed? 7.If I shout, he'll hear me. 8.If Roger comes, we'll begin. 9. We will go at two o'clock. 10.Is it the sixth or seventh? 11.In April I only came once. 12.I'll sing; you hum on key.
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